Best Those Lord's Day Mornings

I don't know if it's because of the changing low-cal of spill or simply because I got a total 8+ hours of sleep, but there's something magical inward waking on a Lord's Day morn — java loving cup inward manus — as well as existence completely inspired to brand art. 

Do I pigment alongside watercolors, or perchance acrylics, or practice I practice some ink drawings? I become dorsum as well as forth, deciding on my tools as well as my medium — my trend of carry to instruct whatever creative magic from within my being, out — as well as into the world. 

It's my raw drive, my spiritual force into the universe. At least, that's what it feels like. 

Nothing else volition do. I tin become downtown on Lord's Day morn as well as walk simply about our charming lilliputian farmer's marketplace as well as selection upwards an amazing pastry or perchance some apples or locally harvested honey—but my heed is similar the transcendental silver string that connects me to—and never leaves—my house where I practice art. 

I desire to lead the brushes, the colors, I intend virtually watercolor icon as well as I imagine the movement, the catamenia as well as spread of color inward the water, the bloom, the transparency, the drying, the contemplation of the side yesteryear side layer.

Without whatever formal training, thoughts of rules—and fright of non next them—try to force into my mind. I force them away.

I desire to practice something new, to delineate it out from within myself - I know that it's there, I tin experience it all the time. I intend virtually how I tin instruct it out of me as well as into the world. But fifty-fifty that's non actually plenty for me. I desire to brand something beautiful. I try. 

It doesn't accept to live on fantastic or amazing — it exclusively has to be.

Have a slap-up Sunday!
love,

 Laura

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Best Painting Doughnuts. Or is it Donuts?

I've been having a lot of fun icon doughnuts. Or is it donuts? I'm non certain which spelling is correct, simply it seems that donuts are of a precipitous all around me. There's a TV exhibit close doughnuts, in addition to inward my local paper yesterday in that place was an article close a novel "design your ain doughnut" store opening inward my town. Phish is doing a 13-day concert run at Madison Square Garden inward NYC this summer, calling it "Baker's Dozen" - silent some other doughnut reference. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Hmmm. 

Tote bag

T-shirts

Phone case

Floor pillow

What's your favorite kind?

I promise y'all convey a corking week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Painting Through Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Blizzard And Learning As I Go

Thank goodness nosotros didn't acquire the 26 or 27 inches of snowfall they were calling for Mon dark into Tuesday (we got a managable 12 to thirteen inches instead) but nosotros nonetheless settled inwards to expect out the storm. I filled the birdfeeder as well as hung the suet as well as and thence made a large pot of white chicken chili (I used this recipe as well as it's directly a household unit of measurement favorite) along alongside or thence dear cornbread.  The birdfeeders as well as suet brought out every aeroplane inwards the neighborhood and it was neat to come across a few woodpeckers (check out this video on my Instagram that I took of a Downy Woodpecker) as well as all sorts of other birds. 

Sam keeping me fellowship equally I create a sketch for or thence other watercolor painting. 

I drew out a crude oil sketch to utilisation equally a guide.

I kept it pretty uncomplicated as well as exclusively used 3 colors, this was the showtime layer.

The adjacent twenty-four hours I added or thence details as well as her hair.

Drying.

I in all likelihood could receive got added to a greater extent than pigment or to a greater extent than details but I'm trying to avoid over-painting.

I'm pretty happy alongside the results. I've never had whatever sort of formal fine art grooming thence I am merely sort of teaching myself as well as am learning equally I go. 

At this indicate I would rather merely give away as well as figure it out myself instead of existence told I am doing something incorrect or right, or last shown the agency somebody else says I should create something. I mean value it allows my fine art to last gratis as well as without limits or rules because I don't receive got to worry close whatever of those things I tin merely purely express. :)

I promise you lot receive got a groovy week! 

Love, Laura

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Best My iv Favorite Things For Today - Mon March 6th

It's variety of difficult to intend of 4 favorite things showtime affair inwards the morn on a Mon morn later staying upwards also piece of cake the black earlier but hither goes... :D

1. Hot chocolate. I gave upwards saccharide for the past times 2 weeks  - non completely, but I cutting dorsum well-nigh 85 portion because I felt similar I was overdoing it lately. I dear sweets thus that was a tough 1 for me, but I needed to halt as well as variety of reel things inwards a flake to gain roughly perspective on how much saccharide I was consuming. 

I don't potable soda or juice but I produce utilization saccharide inwards my java as well as tea - both of which I potable a lot! Basically all day! I believe inwards all things inwards moderation, as well as I approximate it was fourth dimension to moderate how much saccharide I was eating or drinking. That beingness said, my large splurge for the weekend was existent hot chocolate that I made alongside 1 % milk as well as of course of education lots of marshmallows. It was amazing. :)

2. The elephant necklace alongside gemstone beads. I made as well as sold 1 of these over Christmas, thus I idea I would brand roughly other one. I simply dear the colors of these stones (left to correct Phrenite, Ruby Jade, Garnet, Iolite, Larimar, as well as Fluorite). I simply dear Iolite!  

I wrapped them inwards silvery wire as well as and then hung them from a leather cord. This type of jewelry making (beading/wire wrapping) is a squeamish modify from the china jewelry that I brand all the time. Sometimes my hands as well as take away heed bring to produce something novel for the sake of multifariousness as well as creativity.

3. Making homemade Chicken Marsala. This calendar week I made homemade Chicken Marsala for the showtime fourth dimension ever for my girls as well as it was awesome! I fifty-fifty tedious roasted bulbs of fresh garlic to brand garlic mashed potatoes every bit an accompaniment. All I tin post away nation is it was divine. 

I used this recipe from Epicurious (still my favorite identify to detect amazing recipes) as well as tweaked it to sense of savor every bit I cooked, making double the sauce. If yous ever gear upwards anything from Epi brand certain that yous read all the reviews showtime earlier yous start. I've constitute lots of bully advice inwards the reviews as well as comments. 

I used this recipe every bit a direct for making the mashed potatoes but I used regular potatoes, extra garlic, as well as one-half as well as one-half instead of the heavy cream. They were amazing. 

4. Trying my paw at watercolor painting. Here's the showtime ever face/eye that I painted, as well as I intend it turned out pretty good. At to the lowest degree it did until I started over-painting it! I am learning. 

I similar doing pocket-size drawings for fun as well as epitome those, as well as I've constitute that I actually similar epitome faces. It's interesting to run across how when yous pigment a face, a personality starts to emerge. It's variety of mysterious!

If at that topographic point is anything inwards detail that you'd similar to run across simply endure out me a comment!

I promise yous bring a bully week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Crystal Cluster Watercolor Illustration: New Video On My YouTube Channel!

Hi friends! I merely uploaded a build novel video to my YouTube channel so delight cheque it out, give it a similar together with hold upward certain to subscribe. 

For this projection I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, together with Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but y'all tin occupation whatever y'all accept on hand. 

Who isn't crazy for crystals? They're fun to pigment (and super slow too!) thence I idea I would endeavour my mitt at epitome my ain (Yes, all of my videos are my first-time try, acquire every bit I go!) 

I started alongside a pencil sketch to acquire the shapes on the paper, together with thence I used watercolor paints to color my drawing. I used rattling piffling pigment - I wanted my crystals to hold upward predominantly purple, thence I used about unlike tones of violet, together with thence hither together with in that place added a chip of blueish together with thence merely a whisper of yellowish together with dark-green to give my crystals that iridescent glow. 

Once my drawing was finished I added a quick sketchy outline inwards dark micron ink. Check it out below!

I promise to create a few jewelry making videos inwards the most hereafter thence hold upward certain to cheque back! 

If in that place is anything inwards detail that you'd similar to run into merely travel out me a comment!

I promise y'all accept a swell week! 

Love, Laura

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Best New Video On My YouTube Channel: Space Feather Illustration

Hi friends! I but uploaded a build novel video to my YouTube channel hence delight cheque it out, give it a similar in addition to endure certain to subscribe. 

For this projection I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, in addition to Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but you lot tin utilization whatever you lot accept on hand. 

Feathers are super-popular correct straight off inward fine art in addition to representative hence I idea I'd part my ain version...the infinite plume :) 

I kickoff amongst a pencil sketch to larn my shape on the paper, in addition to hence I convey inward the large guns (black ink pen) to become over the outline in addition to add together the designs. Using elementary lines in addition to circles in addition to a few spirals I fill upwardly inward the plume areas thinking upwardly the designs equally I work. 

Once my drawing is finished I add together a piddling flake of watercolor pigment but to give it a blush of color.

I added the script lettering hence that you lot could encounter how you lot tin easily fancy it upwardly past times adding an additional trouble on the down-stroke, in addition to hence fill upwardly it inward amongst a piddling flake of watercolor pigment to necktie it inward nicely amongst your painting. 

I promise to create a few jewelry making videos inward the virtually futurity hence endure certain to cheque back! 

If at that topographic point is anything inward detail that you'd similar to encounter but move out me a comment!

I promise you lot accept a neat week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Time Lapse Mandala Artwork - Ink Drawing With Watercolor Painting

I've been playing around amongst creating fourth dimension lapse videos, tooling around amongst the fourth dimension lapse characteristic on my iphone... but rapidly works life out that the built inwards fourth dimension lapse characteristic is only besides fast for capturing artwork! 

I idea I would endeavor it out piece creating this doodle - a quick pencil sketch to become my blueprint started, together with and hence some pen together with newspaper drawing, topped off amongst a lilliputian fleck of color added amongst H2O together with watercolor paints.  

You tin run across it all below inwards nigh 26 blazing seconds haha! ...but I was unhappy amongst the video's beat of my drawing, which turned out to endure only besides fast for yous to genuinely run across what I was doing. (watch it hither on my YouTube Channel instead)

Regardless, I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel together with and hence tried to toy amongst the video's settings, slowing it downwards 2x together with and hence 4x but I before long works life out that that didn't piece of occupation because when a fourth dimension lapse video is filmed, at that spot are sections of fourth dimension that are genuinely skipped. If yous endeavor to deadening downwards a video that yous filmed inwards fourth dimension lapse trend on your iphone, the effect is genuinely a trippy, smeared video! 

My resolution? I only downloaded an app that allows yous to pick out your video recording speed, hence dorsum to the drawing board - literally. When I become some gratis fourth dimension I volition laissez passer on it some other shot using the app together with hopefully accept some meliorate results! 

Have yous ever made a fourth dimension lapse video for your artwork? 

Any tips to share? 

I promise yous accept a neat week! 

Love, Laura

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